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George Russell said a "software issue" was to blame for his pit-lane speeding penalty at the Monaco Grand Prix, which he felt ultimately cost him heavily in the race. Russell said: "The team said there was nothing I did wrong with the speeding in the pit-lane, it was a software issue, and it was not ideal, but not the end of the world, and then obviously the drive-through for not serving it correctly. Probably with the software glitch, I gained one-tenth of a second in the whole pit-lane, and lost 13 positions."
Lando Norris says McLaren need to understand why its car is strong in some conditions but “clearly not” in others after he retired from the Monaco Grand Prix with an engine problem. Norris said: "It shows that the car works quite specifically in certain scenarios and clearly not in others. So the team need to understand this, we need to understand how we can develop the car more well-rounded, like the Mercedes is proving to be. For now we just have to keep working, that's all we can do."
Kimi Antonelli says “the job’s not finished” and that his goal is to keep performing at his current level after winning the Monaco Grand Prix. Antonelli said: "The job's not finished – it's still a long season and we've got to keep pushing, keep raising the bar, and the goal is to keep performing like this."
Charles Leclerc said his brake problems were “not acceptable” after he crashed out of the Monaco Grand Prix at the restart following a late Safety Car. Leclerc said: "I'm extremely disappointed, sad, angry – a mixture of negative emotions. I don't know how much I can go into the details, but… I don't think… I mean, it's just not acceptable. The issues I have faced with my brakes have been… it's not that it's difficult, it's that in this particular moment it's just impossible. I cannot do anything. The rear brakes were not working at all."
Lewis Hamilton says Ferrari need more downforce as he targets a first win with the team after finishing second in the Monaco Grand Prix. Hamilton said: "I think for me it's really the car. The car is good, but we need more downforce ultimately... They truly deserve this and more, and I've just got to keep working harder to try to see if I can finally take that next step for them soon."
Charles Leclerc said a brake failure left him effectively unable to stop his Ferrari before his crash at Antony Noghès during the Monaco Grand Prix. Leclerc said: "Out of the four brakes, I had three brakes not working. The front left was working well, the front right was half working, and the two rear brakes were not working at all."
Kimi Antonelli said he “didn’t really want to restart” the Monaco Grand Prix after a late red flag wiped out his lead, as he was not relishing the threat of Lewis Hamilton at the standing start. Antonelli said: "To be fair, I wasn't super-keen on restarting; I didn't really want to restart, but once the notification came out, I just got my thoughts together and started to focus again. I looked at some data, and tried to refocus on restarting and trying to get the tyres in the right temperature."
Max Verstappen said his Red Bull had no power when he dropped the clutch at the start of the Monaco Grand Prix, leaving him “praying” the rest of the field would avoid him as he tried to steer out of the way. Verstappen said: "Yeah, I mean, I had no power, right? So I was steering left with the friction of the wheels at that speed. I was just praying that everyone would go right, but everyone luckily reacted very well."
Kimi Antonelli wins the Monaco Grand Prix from Lewis Hamilton after a chaotic ending that featured two safety cars and a red flag.
⚪️ Kimi Antonelli: "It's been an incredible weekend, an incredible race. It was one of those days we had incredible pace. It was all so natural. The car was feeling incredible and giving me the confidence to push. It was a very enjoyable day. "The job isn't finished. It's still a long season. We have to keep pushing and raising the bar. The goal is to keep performing like this. The team has done an incredible job. They have given us an incredible car. I've got so much support from the team and my family, it's a really good moment." 🔴 Lewis Hamilton: “I have to start by congratulating Kimi and to the Mercedes team, my old family, they've done it again, they’ve created an amazing car. On our side, I think we’ve been progressing over the past months, and can’t quite keep up with them just yet, and it’s probably going to take a lot of work for us to get to their level. “But to get another second place is such a great feeling, especially in Monaco under the trickiest conditions – it was the hardest conditions out there! I’ll definitely take it.” 🔵 Isack Hadjar: "We got off to a clean start. We were managing the race and within the first 10 to 15 laps I had massive driveability issues. If there's one track you don't want that, it's here. It was incredibly challenging having to cover 60 laps like that. "Even towards the end I was still lacking power on the restart. I never had to send it that much in the corners. An outstanding weekend considering how it started [with the crash] in first practice. I had no confidence to get back up, but we did it."
Drivers' Standings 1) Kimi Antonelli - 156 2) Lewis Hamilton - 90 3) George Russell - 88 4) Charles Leclerc - 75 5) Oscar Piastri - 60 6) Lando Norris - 58 7) Max Verstappen - 43 8) Isack Hadjar - 29 9) Liam Lawson - 26 10) Pierre Gasly - 26 11) Oliver Bearman - 18 12) Franco Colapinto - 15 13) Arvid Lindblad - 13 14) Carlos Sainz Jnr - 6 15) Alexander Albon - 5 16) Nico Hulkenberg - 2 17) Gabriel Bortoleto - 2 18) Esteban Ocon - 2 19) Sergio Perez - 0 20) Fernando Alonso - 0 21) Valtteri Bottas - 0 22) Lance Stroll - 0 Constructors' Standings 1) Mercedes - 244 2) Ferrari - 165 3) McLaren - 118 4) Red Bull - 72 5) Alpine - 41 6) Racing Bulls - 39 7) Haas - 20 8) Williams - 11 9) Audi - 4 10) Cadillac - 0 11) Aston Martin - 0
P1) Kimi Antonelli P2) Lewis Hamilton: +6.271 P3) Isack Hadjar: +23.394 P4) Oscar Piastri: +24.261 P5) Liam Lawson: +26.553 P6) Arvid Lindblad: +29.010 P7) Pierre Gasly: +30.369 P8) Alexander Albon: +33.413 P9) Esteban Ocon: +37.140 P10) Sergio Perez: +39.153 P11) Fernando Alonso: +41.899 P12) Gabriel Bortoleto: +42.748 P13) George Russell: +43.353 P14) Nico Hülkenberg: +44.102 P15) Franco Colapinto: +48.964 DNF) Carlos Sainz Charles Leclerc Lance Stroll Lando Norris Oliver Bearman Valtteri Bottas Max Verstappen
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